Chapter Summaries

Brando forced the Sea King Banlei to submit in a mindscape, signed a summoning contract with it, and gained new Water Style abilities. He then ordered Banlei to carry him across the sea toward the next island.

• Brando entered Banlei's mindscape and demanded that it become his subordinate.
• Brando defeated Banlei with his Complete Body Susanoo and Amaterasu until Banlei submitted.
• Brando demonstrated his power with a Rasenshuriken, then signed a summoning contract with Banlei.
• The Will of the Overlord rewarded Brando with Water Style chakra, Water Prison Jutsu, and Water Bullet.
• Brando ordered Banlei to swim toward the next island, and Banlei carried him across the sea.

Brando reached Whiskey Peak, defeated its bounty hunters, and stole a Log Pose before leaving. Crocodile ordered Baroque Works to locate him, while the World Government also mobilized forces to intercept him across the first half of the Grand Line.

• Brando arrived near Whiskey Peak on Banlei, sent Banlei to forage, and ran ashore to find a Log Pose.
• Brando fought the bounty hunters who targeted him for his bounty, learned that they preyed on pirates entering the Grand Line, and burned them with a Great Fireball.
• Brando stole a Log Pose from Whiskey Peak, ate his fill, and left the island.
• A Baroque Works informant told Crocodile about Brando's arrival, and Crocodile ordered his agents to gather intelligence and confirm Brando's location.
• Brando's Shadow Clone overheard Crocodile's plans and relayed the information before dispelling itself.
• The World Government learned that Brando had appeared at Whiskey Peak and deployed forces across the first half of the Grand Line to capture him.

Brando arrived at Little Garden, where he encountered the giants Brogy and Dorry and mocked them as they prepared for their long-running duel. He followed them to the arena and interrupted them with an insulting question.

• Brando won a swimming race against Banlei by using a Shadow Clone to disrupt the current, then rested on Banlei as they traveled toward a new island.
• Brando reached Little Garden, explored its primeval forest, trained with Shadow Clones, and carried a huge animal as a weight.
• Brogy and Dorry appeared, asked Brando about alcohol, and argued with him after he insulted their appearance and clothing.
• A volcano erupted to signal Brogy and Dorry's 68,583rd duel, and they headed to the arena while Brando followed.
• As Brogy and Dorry prepared to fight, Brando shouted an insulting question about whether they were men who had hidden on the island together.

Brando provoked Dorry and Brogy into repeatedly attacking each other while easily dodging their blows. As the giants resumed their century-long battle, Brando appeared above them holding a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.

• Brando accused Dorry and Brogy of being in love, angering both giants.
• Brando dodged Brogy's attempts to grab him and taunted the giants after Dorry accidentally punched Brogy.
• Dorry attacked Brando with Hakoku, but Brando evaded the shockwave and Brogy swung at him.
• Brando used a Shadow Clone to make Brogy's next attack hit Dorry, knocking him down and costing him several teeth.
• Dorry and Brogy resumed their battle, then looked up as Brando held a Wind Release: Rasenshuriken above them.

Brando defeated Brogy and Dorry with a Rasenshuriken, then killed them with Amaterasu after their combined Supreme Kingdom attack failed to stop him. He extinguished the flames and approached their surviving heads to test a method.

• Brando struck Brogy and Dorry with a Rasenshuriken, badly injuring them, but they stood back up and prepared a combined attack.
• Brogy and Dorry unleashed Supreme Kingdom, forcing Brando to dodge its devastating blast.
• Brando used Amaterasu on both giants, and the black flames reignited after their attack suppressed them.
• Brogy lamented that he and Brogy had never decided their fight, and the two giants died as the flames burned their bodies to charcoal.
• Brando extinguished the flames and walked toward the giants' surviving heads to test whether his method would work.

Brando read Dorry and Brogy’s memories to learn the techniques behind Hakoku and Supreme Kingdom, then tested his new Multi-Size abilities on Little Garden. After five days of training and wrecking the island, he left with Banlei to seek another island.

• Brando read Dorry and Brogy’s memories and gained a deeper understanding of Hakoku and Supreme Kingdom.
• Brando received Yang Chakra Nature, Multi-Size Technique, and Partial Multi-Size Technique from the villagers’ recognition.
• Brando used Multi-Size Technique to perform Hakoku, but found his imitation reached only about sixty percent of Dorry’s level and broke Dorry’s sword.
• Brando trained for five days on Little Garden, testing Hakoku and preparing a surprise for Crocodile while causing extensive damage.
• Brando left Little Garden with Banlei after the Log Pose recorded too slowly, and he reviewed his self-made status panel during the journey.

Brando traveled to Alabasta after deliberately drawing Crocodile’s attention, while practicing the powerful Supreme Kingdom technique on the way. After Brando arrived and settled in Newshore Town, Crocodile learned his location and went to confront him.

• Brando reached an unfamiliar island, bought an Eternal Pose for Alabasta, and left after several people who followed him disappeared.
• Crocodile ordered Mr. 13 and Miss Friday to track Brando and planned to defeat him before pursuing Pluton and Whitebeard.
• During the two-day voyage to Alabasta, Brando practiced Supreme Kingdom with a Shadow Clone and found the technique’s power and coordination impressive.
• Brando landed in Alabasta, told Banlei to follow their plan, and explored Newshore Town while waiting for Crocodile to find him.
• Mr. 13 reported Brando’s location to Crocodile, who set out for Newshore Town as a sandstorm.

Brando killed Mr. 13 and Miss Friday, then lured Crocodile into the desert for a showdown. Crocodile recognized the river as Brando’s attempt to counter his Sand-Sand Fruit and began drying it up.

• Miss Friday watched Brando while Mr. 13 worried that Crocodile would arrive soon.
• Brando surprised Mr. 13 and Miss Friday and killed them with a single sword strike as they tried to flee.
• Crocodile reached Newshore Town, and Brando provoked him before leading him into the desert.
• Crocodile guessed Brando planned to use a nearby river against his Sand-Sand Fruit and absorbed the water into the surrounding sand.

Brando taunted Crocodile about his defeat by Whitebeard and his fear of the Four Emperors, provoking him into a furious fight. After Brando shattered Crocodile’s sandstorm with Hakoku, he repeated a rumor about Crocodile’s past, leaving Crocodile enraged and shouting Ivankov’s name.

• Brando sliced Crocodile in half with Iai: One Flash, but Crocodile’s body proved to be sand.
• Brando mocked Crocodile for hiding in Paradise and provoking rookies instead of challenging the Four Emperors, making Crocodile attack with a giant sand blade.
• Crocodile summoned a sandstorm with Sables to slow Brando, but Brando destroyed it with Hakoku and ruined his sword.
• Brando taunted Crocodile with a rumor about Ivankov, prompting Crocodile to shout Ivankov’s name in anger.

Brando used water and a series of attacks to expose Crocodile’s weaknesses and drive him into hiding within the desert. As Crocodile tried to wear him down from cover, Brando recognized that Crocodile could not fully control the surrounding sand.

• Brando drenched Crocodile with a water technique, interrupting his sand transformation and attack.
• Brando struck Crocodile with a Rasengan, but Crocodile deflected most of the force after nearly severing Brando’s neck with a sand attack.
• Crocodile used Desert Sunflower to turn the desert into quicksand, but Brando and his Shadow Clone evaded the attack with Phantom Flash Step.
• Crocodile merged into the desert to hide, planning to wear Brando down, while Brando taunted him and realized he could not perfectly control the surrounding sand.

Brando fought Crocodile in the desert, taunting him about his secret plan to obtain Pluton and using a Shadow Clone to outwit him. After Crocodile’s sandstorm was destroyed by Brando’s Supreme Kingdom, a third Brando appeared above him.

• Brando dodged Crocodile’s sand blades while Crocodile struggled to land a decisive hit.
• Brando revealed that he knew Crocodile was plotting to obtain Pluton, prompting Crocodile to launch a massive sandstorm and chase him.
• Crocodile attacked a Brando that turned out to be a Shadow Clone, then watched the sandstorm subside as Brando returned for a second round.
• Brando and a Shadow Clone swung their swords together and used Supreme Kingdom to blast through Crocodile’s sandstorm.
• Crocodile spotted a third Brando using Geppo above him.

Brando defeated and killed Crocodile by using a summoned Sea King to drench him in seawater, then trapping and electrocuting him. He planned to send a photograph of Crocodile's corpse to a newspaper, while a notice began announcing recognition from the Will of the Overlord.

• Crocodile tried to evade Brando's attacks and use a Sables to blow away the water, but a kunai destroyed it.
• Brando summoned Banlei into the sky, and the Sea King unleashed a torrent of seawater onto Crocodile.
• Banlei crashed down on the weakened Crocodile, and Brando trapped him in a Water Prison Technique.
• Brando's Shadow Clone electrocuted Crocodile until he died, and Brando confirmed his death with the Sharingan.
• Brando planned to photograph Crocodile's corpse and send it to a newspaper for a tipster's fee.

After earning the villagers’ recognition, Brando received Shukaku as a reward and subdued the newly freed One-Tail with his Mangekyo Sharingan. He pressured Shukaku into agreeing to seal himself inside Brando, leaving Brando poised to become his Jinchuriki.

• Brando summoned Shukaku in the desert and learned the giant tanuki had been freed from Gaara’s body.
• Shukaku tried to attack Brando, but Brando used his Mangekyo Sharingan to immobilize him and enter his mental space.
• Brando asked Shukaku to become his Jinchuriki, but Shukaku refused to be sealed inside him.
• Brando threatened Shukaku with seawater, piles of shit, and making him kowtow to a sand sculpture of Kurama.
• Shukaku agreed to seal himself inside Brando rather than submit to Brando’s threat of making him kowtow to Kurama.

Brando sealed Shukaku inside himself, tested how much of the tailed beast’s power he could use, and tried to persuade Shukaku to cooperate. As Brando continued toward his plans in Alabasta, Shukaku discovered that the people in this world had no chakra, and Morgans prepared to make Brando’s photo with Crocodile front-page news.

• Under Brando’s ocular power, Shukaku used a sealing formula to seal himself inside Brando, while Brando threatened to spread photos of Shukaku bowing to a Nine-Tails sand sculpture.
• Brando tested Shukaku’s chakra cloak, rejected its imprecise full transformation, and decided to use Shukaku’s chakra mainly to replenish his reserves.
• Brando took a photo beside Crocodile’s corpse, sent the negative to a newspaper office, and burned Crocodile’s body to ashes.
• Brando asked Shukaku to carry him with sand and offered to let him observe the outside world, explaining that they were in another world.
• At a restaurant in Xinzhou Town, Shukaku examined nearby people and found that they had no chakra, confirming Brando’s claim about the strange world.
• The newspaper office sent Brando’s photo to Morgans, who celebrated that it would secure the next day’s front page.

Brando’s killing of Crocodile became a worldwide headline, prompting the Five Elders to send Kuzan after him while Baroque Works considered revenge. Meanwhile, Brando tried to persuade Shukaku to cooperate so he could unlock more special CG, but Shukaku remained resistant.

• Brando’s photograph of Crocodile’s corpse appeared in the World Economy News Paper, and the Five Elders decided to dispatch Kuzan to capture him.
• MR.1, MR.2, and MR.3 debated avenging Crocodile or protecting Baroque Works, then agreed to find Brando first.
• Cobra felt relieved that Crocodile had died but became uneasy about the more dangerous-looking Brando.
• Brando explained the world’s Devil Fruits to Shukaku, who mocked Crocodile’s sand control and refused to cooperate with humans.
• Brando gently urged Shukaku to demonstrate Ninshu and restore the Sage of Six Paths’ glory, hoping its willing cooperation would unlock more positions.

Brando infiltrated the Alabasta royal palace and confronted Cobra about Crocodile’s plot and the Poneglyph connected to Pluton. Cobra ordered Igaram out, but Brando’s knowledge of the Poneglyph’s location left him shocked as Haki Crane urged Brando to read his memories.

• Brando arrived in Alubarna with Shukaku, who promised to help only if they encountered a powerful opponent.
• Brando infiltrated the royal palace, read a guard’s memories, and headed to Cobra’s residence.
• Igaram told Cobra that the people wanted him to attend Crocodile’s funeral, and Brando entered to criticize the decision.
• Brando explained Crocodile’s plan to use Dance Powder and a rebellion to seize control of Alabasta, and Cobra realized the danger he had faced.
• Brando admitted he wanted to see the Poneglyph concerning Pluton, and Cobra sent Igaram away to discuss the secret privately.
• Brando identified the Poneglyph’s likely location beneath the palace, and Haki Crane urged him to read Cobra’s memories with the Sharingan.

Brando used Cobra’s memories to find Alabasta’s Poneglyph, then left after failing to decipher or damage it. He gained Magnet Release and headed into an ambush by Baroque Works, whose agents waited beneath the desert as he approached.

• Brando read Cobra’s memories to locate the Poneglyph, berated him for failing to protect Alabasta, and knocked him unconscious.
• Brando gained Magnet Release from the Will of the Overlord and unlocked dual Lightning and Earth transformations.
• Brando and Shukaku inspected the Poneglyph, recorded what they could decipher, and found that neither the Tailed Beast Bomb nor Rasenshuriken could damage it.
• Cobra woke and checked that the Poneglyph remained intact after the explosions.
• MR.3, MR.1, MR.2 Bon Kurei, and Miss Merry Christmas prepared to ambush Brando, but Brando sensed them beneath the desert and spotted them with his Sharingan.

Brando defeated the Baroque Works officers and hunted down their remaining members in the desert. As he prepared to leave, Marine Admiral Kuzan appeared and confronted him.

• MR.5 exploded after Brando cut him in half, and Brando killed MR.1 with a Rasengan.
• Brando dodged Bon Kurei’s attacks, provoked him, and escaped by leaving a Shadow Clone to draw him away.
• Brando used Magnet Release and a Big Ball Rasengan to kill Baroque Works members hiding in the desert, including MR.3.
• Marine Admiral Kuzan appeared beside Brando and remarked on his ruthlessness.

Brando confronted Marine Admiral Kuzan and used accusations about Ohara, the Celestial Dragons, and Alabasta to provoke him before their fight. After Brando revealed that Crocodile had sought the location of Pluton, Kuzan attacked by freezing the surrounding desert.

• Brando taunted Kuzan about Ohara and accused the Marines of serving the Celestial Dragons, while using Shukaku's chakra to recover and prepare for battle.
• Brando questioned whether Kuzan would prioritize civilians over Celestial Dragons and claimed that defeating Crocodile had saved Alabasta from mass deaths.
• Kuzan challenged Brando's claims but grew increasingly troubled as Brando pressed him about the Marines' role and the World Government's power.
• Brando revealed that Crocodile had sought Pluton and that the Nefertari Family knew the location recorded on a Poneglyph.
• Kuzan called Brando despicable and unleashed Ice Age, freezing the desert around them.

Brando battled Kuzan while arguing that people should abandon their restraints and strike at the Celestial Dragons to force the World Government to fear consequences. The fight continued as Kuzan charged him, with Brando trying to counter the Marine Admiral despite lacking Armament Haki.

• Brando used Shadow Clones, Rasengan, and a Rasenshuriken to attack Kuzan, who countered with ice and froze one clone.
• Kuzan emerged from beneath the ice and tried to freeze Brando, but Brando's Susanoo Skeleton and Black Flames shattered Kuzan's upper body before Brando retreated.
• Brando told Kuzan that he should kill a Celestial Dragon whenever a non-member nation was destroyed, and declared that he was not afraid of Marine Admirals.
• Brando created five more Shadow Clones and Magnet Release swords while Kuzan prepared to fight seriously with Armament Haki.
• Kuzan charged through the ice as Brando's clones unleashed Hakoku, then raised an ice wall to block the shockwaves.
• Brando threw a Rasenshuriken at Kuzan's concealed position, forcing Kuzan to emerge and block it with another ice wall.